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<h4 class="subsection">10.3.2 Properties of the <code>poly_int</code> comparisons</h4>

<p>All &ldquo;maybe&rdquo; relations except <code>maybe_ne</code> are transitive, so for example:
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<pre class="smallexample">maybe_lt (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) &amp;&amp; maybe_lt (<var>b</var>, <var>c</var>) implies maybe_lt (<var>a</var>, <var>c</var>)
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<p>for all <var>a</var>, <var>b</var> and <var>c</var>.  <code>maybe_lt</code>, <code>maybe_gt</code>
and <code>maybe_ne</code> are irreflexive, so for example:
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<pre class="smallexample">!maybe_lt (<var>a</var>, <var>a</var>)
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<p>is true for all <var>a</var>.  <code>maybe_le</code>, <code>maybe_eq</code> and <code>maybe_ge</code>
are reflexive, so for example:
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<pre class="smallexample">maybe_le (<var>a</var>, <var>a</var>)
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<p>is true for all <var>a</var>.  <code>maybe_eq</code> and <code>maybe_ne</code> are symmetric, so:
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<pre class="smallexample">maybe_eq (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) == maybe_eq (<var>b</var>, <var>a</var>)
maybe_ne (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) == maybe_ne (<var>b</var>, <var>a</var>)
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<p>for all <var>a</var> and <var>b</var>.  In addition:
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<pre class="smallexample">maybe_le (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) == maybe_lt (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) || maybe_eq (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>)
maybe_ge (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) == maybe_gt (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) || maybe_eq (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>)
maybe_lt (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) == maybe_gt (<var>b</var>, <var>a</var>)
maybe_le (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) == maybe_ge (<var>b</var>, <var>a</var>)
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<p>However:
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<pre class="smallexample">maybe_le (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) &amp;&amp; maybe_le (<var>b</var>, <var>a</var>) does not imply !maybe_ne (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) [== known_eq (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>)]
maybe_ge (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) &amp;&amp; maybe_ge (<var>b</var>, <var>a</var>) does not imply !maybe_ne (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) [== known_eq (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>)]
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<p>One example is again &lsquo;<samp><var>a</var> == 3 + 4<var>x</var></samp>&rsquo;
and &lsquo;<samp><var>b</var> == 1 + 5<var>x</var></samp>&rsquo;, where &lsquo;<samp>maybe_le (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>)</samp>&rsquo;,
&lsquo;<samp>maybe_ge (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>)</samp>&rsquo; and &lsquo;<samp>maybe_ne (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>)</samp>&rsquo;
all hold.  <code>maybe_le</code> and <code>maybe_ge</code> are therefore not antisymetric
and do not form a partial order.
</p>
<p>From the above, it follows that:
</p>
<ul>
<li> All &ldquo;known&rdquo; relations except <code>known_ne</code> are transitive.

</li><li> <code>known_lt</code>, <code>known_ne</code> and <code>known_gt</code> are irreflexive.

</li><li> <code>known_le</code>, <code>known_eq</code> and <code>known_ge</code> are reflexive.
</li></ul>

<p>Also:
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<pre class="smallexample">known_lt (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) == known_gt (<var>b</var>, <var>a</var>)
known_le (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) == known_ge (<var>b</var>, <var>a</var>)
known_lt (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) implies !known_lt (<var>b</var>, <var>a</var>)  [asymmetry]
known_gt (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) implies !known_gt (<var>b</var>, <var>a</var>)
known_le (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) &amp;&amp; known_le (<var>b</var>, <var>a</var>) == known_eq (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) [== !maybe_ne (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>)]
known_ge (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) &amp;&amp; known_ge (<var>b</var>, <var>a</var>) == known_eq (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) [== !maybe_ne (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>)]
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<p><code>known_le</code> and <code>known_ge</code> are therefore antisymmetric and are
partial orders.  However:
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<pre class="smallexample">known_le (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) does not imply known_lt (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) || known_eq (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>)
known_ge (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) does not imply known_gt (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>) || known_eq (<var>a</var>, <var>b</var>)
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<p>For example, &lsquo;<samp>known_le (4, 4 + 4<var>x</var>)</samp>&rsquo; holds because the runtime
indeterminate <var>x</var> is a nonnegative integer, but neither
<code>known_lt (4, 4 + 4<var>x</var>)</code> nor <code>known_eq (4, 4 + 4<var>x</var>)</code> hold.
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